“Supernova” (M) ****
A SUPERNOVA occurs during the last evolutionary stages of a massive star and the connection between this outer-space phenomenon and the title for writer/director Harry McQueen’s film is perhaps remote and special.
Understanding it is certainly not essential for the filmgoer to be blown away by what reflects from the screen.
The theme is love, of the kind exemplified in the Greek historic writings illustrating the Pythagorean ideal of friendship by Damon through his trust in and love for Pythias.
The relationship between Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci) has endured for several decades. Now it is time for them to take to the road in their campervan to visit old friends and remembered places before early-onset dementia claims Tusker (whether that is a life-threatening condition I am not qualified to say, but it’s a useful dramatic hook from which to hang the story).